Holby City Star Terrified of Hospitals After Superbug Scare
With her second child due in a matter of days, Holby City actress Tina Hobley is understandably apprehensive about giving birth to her second child. However, unlike most expectant mothers Hobley has an additional anxiety to cope with - the last time she was in hospital the superbug MRSA nearly cost her the use of her left arm.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tina revealed that in 2004, after falling awkwardly she broke her left wrist and was admitted to hospital. The break was severe enough to require pins so she was operated on and discharged from the next morning.
After three days she noticed bleeding through the cast. Hospital medics assured her the bleeding would stop but ten days later she was suffering from a high temperature and severe pain, while the arm itself had begun to smell like rotting flesh.
Doctors removed the cast and discovered a serious infection in the wound, later diagnosed as MRSA. Tina required a further operation to clean the wound; over the next few weeks the wound required regular cleaning and several different antibiotics were tried until an effective treatment was found.
MRSA is a common bacterium found on the skin, which is normally benign. However, if the bacterium enters the bloodstream it can be extremely dangerous as it is resistant to common forms of antibiotic. It is estimated that MRSA is responsible for around 5,000 deaths a year.
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